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In the Idaho Panhandle, biologists Mary Edwards, Roger Rosentreter, and Ken Berger examine a the nest of a northern flying squirrel. The nest was found in an experimental nest box originally intended to house boreal owls. The nest was made entirely from species of Bryoria, vital winter food that the squirrels store in their live-in larders.

Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff